jeff rossen explains where the it's all a fixed game. >>> and now over to the sports headlines. good morning. >> suspended for cross-checking don henderson wednesday night. the nhl will hold a hearing tuesday to discuss the matter and wideman is expected to be there. he apologized minutes after the incident. we'll keep you posted. >>> are the oakland raiders headed to sin city? the billionaire ceo of the las vegas is meeting later today with raiders owner mark davis. the topic, a billion dollar domed staid yul. the stadium. a major problem due to legality of sports gamling there. >>> and the ultimate curtain of distraction. michael phelps lends considerable star power physique along with a couple other shirtless non-swimmers shall we say, helping district oregon state stephen thompson jr. at the foul line. the speedo clad lads were as the sun devilling routed the beavers 86-88. back to you. >> thanks. >>> just ahead, which oscar francis? >>> in entertainment news today, leonardo dicaprio went to the vatican to meet with pope francis. and jennifer aniston a dramatic role. the fil

today, jeff rossen is here with jeff rossen reports live with a look at the policies for several well-known retailers. >> all the ugly sweaters we got, you may want to return them. >> or the wrong size. >> exactly. >> these are the easy ones. >> we have the easy stores a stores. we'll start with nordstrom, legendary for having a great return policy. no return policy posted whatsoever, actually. there's no time limit for returns or exchanges. >> no receipt? >> no receipt, no problem. they just want to build a long-term relationship with their customers. they say they take it on a case by case basis. >> they're awesome, nordstrom. the next, l.l. bean. no receipt? no problem. feel free to return it. >> you have to have the tags and stuff on, right? >> not always. >> really? >> no time limit and you don't necessarily need the tags or receipts at l.l. bean. >> gosh, okay. >> bed, bath and beyond. again, no receipt, not an issue at all. you don't need it. you can get a full refund for purchases made within the last year. if you bought this even less than a year ago, you can get a full refund. 80%

. >> i'm jeff rossen alongside sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. to me, there are two people in the world. powerball ticket and people who buy 20 like me. do you buy one? >> i buy a couple. >> cover 20 bases. >> i did ten. >> i didn't do it. maybe i should. >> you have time. >> you have time today. >> not happening. not happening. >> by the way, not sharing. >> do you know me? the powerball machine live here in studio. do you love this thing? the actual balls that bounce around. >> it is louder than i thought it would be. >> they turned it on and i thought wait. >>> that takes us to the top story. the largest powerball jackpot in history. it has everyone talking about what they would do if they were $800 million richer. we have nbc's kristen dahlgren here in new york in line. >> reporter: good morning, erica. we have seen a steady stream of customers trickling in buying you know, in some places, they sold so many, they actually run out of the paper they print them on. i'm with jeff. i'm embarrassed to tell you how many i bought over the last 24 hou

"today" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is looking into the problem. slow wi-fi connections for us and is here with a few tips to help you get the speed you need. >> you look so official behind the desk. >> i called to you talk about your behavior. >> like an hr meeting right in. >> there's been some complaints. >> yeah, a couple of great websites. we've all had that where we complain about how fast our internet is going and you know if it's the provider, can you go on a couple of websites and give them to you right now speedtest.net and there's the screen grab. that's what you're going to see. there's a big logo on the front that says start scan or begin test or here's another one bandwidthplace.com and that's on the right side of your screen. free sites. take the average speed. may give the average speeds and logon to the provider's account and it should say right on the bill what the speed should be. if you're not getting the speed call provider. >> if you're not getting the speed. >> the next is move the router closer to the computer. >> so many of

. >>> i'm jeff rossen. coming up on "today," safety alert. you can see this fire going on behind me, we're in a lab just outside of chicago. we're burning an older style home and then we're going to burn a more modern home. experts say the older homes burn a lot slower, up to five times slower giving you more time to get out. back in the old days you would have about 17 minutes to get out of your house once that fire started. today? it's about three minutes. why? it's all because of the way new popular furniture is made. we have the side by side demonstration you need to see coming up. more than 3 million people that you can't help but touch them. discover the latest innovation in the amope foot care line. the new amope pedi perfect with diamond crystals and extra coarse roller head. it softens callouses effortlessly and efficiently for beautiful, soft feet in an instant. feel it yourself! with amope pedi perfect with diamond crystals. >>> more than a month of text messages between the two just published. they show guzman's main concern was n

jeff rossen has that. good morning. now that we're digging our cars out and getting back on the road, your car may look like mine. here's a photo i snapped on the way to work. snow. the thing is, when you're in a rush to get to work, you may wipe the snow off the windshield so you can see. leaving the rest of it. believe it or not, the snow on dangerous. this morning, dramatic cases caught on camera of the snow turning into solid ice. chunks flying into the car behind you, even injuring people. >> reporter: our team dpe eployed in the snow zone, spotting piles of snow on car roofs. everywhere you look. >> why didn't you clean the top off? >> never thought of it. >> reporter: seems hard less s s harmless, right? check this out. terrifying moments when a sheet of ice flies off a car, smashing that windshield. this car swerving out of the way as a block of ice rockets through the air. snow piled high, slamming into the overpass. the wintry explosion blinding the driver behind. all because so many of us don't wipe the snow

. >> i'm jeff rossen. coming up this morning on today, an all-new rossen reports safety alert. you can see this fire going on behind me. we're inside a lab just outside of chicago where we are burning an older style home and then we're going to burn a more modern home. experts say the older homes burn a lot slower, up to five times slower, giving you more time to get out. back in the old days, you'd have about 17 minutes to get out of your house once that fire started. today, it is about three minutes. why? it's all because of the way new, popular furniture is made. we have the side by side demonstration you need to see here on today. here in vineland, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. white breast meat chicken every time. so if you're not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do...make it progresso. oooh, i think i saw dessert! hey! steven stay strong! what's that? you...you want me to eat you? honey, he didn't say that! don't fight your instincts! with each for 150 calories or less, try our lemon bars, bro

jeff rossen hi good morning, i'm jeff rossen, coming up this morning (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) are talking about active sadly in the news. so what are you to do if you are trapped inside of your office? do you stay here do you run away? same thing for an are you supposed to get under your desk and hide and just wait it out and call for help or are you supposed to run? what if the shooter is close? plus the things on your desk right now, yes even on this you need a part of our special series workplace emergency this morning right here on today. today marks the 30 years since the challenger tragedy. the space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff due to a break in the booster engine. all seven astronauts onboard were killed, including christa mcauliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. nasa will pay tribute to the crews

. >> a segment on the "today" show with jeff rossen a couple weeks ago. >> it's hard to get out of. >news today" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> a missing child is found staf 30 minutes after the car he was sleeping in was stolen. we're live at the 7-11 where the car was taken. >> firefighters are still putting out hot spots at a philadelphia golf course. this is a live picture from sky force 10 where firefighters are still trying to put that fire out. >> we are in for another cold blast today. temperatures are dangerously cold right now. we'll get your first alert forecast hour by hourks it's about 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." >> we have issued a first alert weather day because of the frigid conditions. bill henley, i took my dog for a quick walk. he does his business and b-lines back to the house f. you are cold the dogs are cold. >> you take kafr it for me, vai. you handle it. it is cold. the temperatures have plummeted. i issued a first alert for this morning as conditions will be improving as the day goes on. this morning we are experiencing dangerous c

. >>> good morning, i'm jeff rossen. coming up -- an all new rossen report safety alert. you can see this fire behind me. we're in a lab outside of chicago. we're burning an older-style home and then we're going to burn a more modern home. experts say the older homes burn a lot slower, up to five times slower, giving you more back in the old days you would have about 17 minutes to get out. once that fire started. today? about three minutes, why? it's all because of the way new popular furniture is made. we have the side by side demonstrations coming up. when i lay in my tempur pedic contour- the next thing i know it's morning. with tempur-flex you've got the spring and bounce of a traditional mattress then it also adjusts to my body. my cloud feels like somebody's hugging you. how can a bed to that? (vo) this year, change your life with tempur-pedic. in my business i can count on my i.t. guy bailing me out all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor. and my customers knowing right when their packages arrive. learn more at myusps.com hersh

. >> what happened to that jeff rossen? >> immediate family. i was thinking relatives. >> my wife. yeah. >> sheinelle? >> you know what? i won't tell a soul. i would come to work. you would not know anything. then in about a few years, i would disappear. i'm kidding. i have three kids. college and travel the world. >> how about the people who wait to claim their prize? i would sit on the ticket worried it would be stolen. >> i would worry about that. i would worry about going i would not want to know anybody who know who i was. worry about the crazy people coming out the wood work. i would have all my ducks in a row. we called my in laws and we said just so you know, we will win the lottery this weekend. tickets at the airport. >> where is your ticket? >> i'm not telling you. relax. >> i have my own ticket which will win. i want to make sure you didn't lose it. >> we all have to think about what we are going to do. >>> and as you saw earlier, we have our own lottery drawing coming up. we will have lucky crowd members who will walkway with a very important, impressive nbc prize. >>

today, jeff rossen has this demonstration. jeff, good morning to you. >> you need to see this one. thousands of people are killed in house fires every year. in fact, new deadly cases in the news this week. survivors always say, it happened so fast. there was barely time to get out. it turns out, there's a reason for that. popular new furniture, the kind of furniture so many of us have in homes today, burns faster. meaning, you and your family don't have as much time to escape as you used to. this morning, we're about to show you why. >> reporter: it starts small. in just minutes, flames can un engulf your entire house. >> i didn't think we'd make it. >> reporter: in an instant, your home, a deadly trap. >> 20, 30 seconds, it went from no fire in the hallway, to >> reporter: even firefighters mayday! >> reporter: your chance to get shorter. research shows 30 years ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape. today, it's only 3 to 4 minutes. turns out, there's a reason newer homes burn faster. you know the saying, they don't build them like they used to? well, they don't build them like

jeff rossen hi, good morning i'm jeff rossen, coming up on today an all new rossen reports. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) story about all the snow coming down and you see more and more of this- drivers who aren't cleaning off their roofs and so you have the snow piling up here. what h hpens is it turns into chunks of ice, flies off the car into the vehicle behind you and its injuring people. we're going to show you those dramatic videos and we're going to talk to those drivers who aren't wiping it off. plus, something else for you, we have the rossen reports team deploying out and doing what these drivers wouldn't do. we're cleaning off cars to help keep you safe. it's all coming up. it's going to be a marvelous monday with sunshine and warmer temperatures, highs near 60 by afternoon. 30s. breezy, much warmer tuesday with increasing